Marie Forleo is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, and self-proclaimed unshakable optimist. She is a New York Times bestselling author and was named by Oprah as a thought leader for the next generation.
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Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.
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Respect the fact that all you do and are now has evolved for a good reason and serves an important purpose.
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People’s sense of self-worth is pivotal to their ability to look clearly at the hurt they’ve caused. The more solid one’s sense of self regard, the more likely that that person can feel empathy and compassion for the hurt party, and apologize from an authentic center.
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When we do not put our primary emotional energy into solving our own problems, we take on other people’s problems as our own.
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When we take rejection as proof of our inadequacies, it’s hard to allow ourselves to risk being truly seen again. . . . The problem arises when shame kicks in and we aren’t able to view our flaws, limitations, and vulnerabilities in a patient, self-loving way.
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Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of an expert on others.
Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.
Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful.
Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different?
We are what we believe we are!